Pulwama: J&K’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Tuesday termed the killing of Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Zahid Tiger as a major success to security forces.
Zahid was killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on October 10.
Addressing a press conference at Southern district of Pulwama after reviewing the security situation in the district, J&K DGP said that every militant is given an opportunity to surrender during encounters.
“Recently, we managed to save the life of a newly recruited militant at Dadoora, Pulwama,” he said.
He said at Dadoora, there were three militants and all were asked to surrender. “Two of them fired on forces which was retaliated in which two militants were killed. The slain were Zahid (Tiger) and another one from Pakistan,” the DGP said.
“The killing of Zahid is a big success for the security forces. In the gunfight, we managed to save the life of a newly recruited militant from Doda district of Jammu,” the DGP added.
About foreign militants present in south Kashmir, he said that many Lashkar militants from Pakistan are active in South Kashmir.
“This year we managed to kill over 24 militants from Pakistan. All were associated with LeT. Their presence is threat to forces and civilians. Efforts are on to kill the remaining foreign militants,” he said.
On highway attacks, the DGP Singh said that for the movement of 0.1 percent militants on highway, security forces can’t block the road as there is 99.9 percent civilian movement.
“Frisking of a particular vehicle is conducted for the safety of public. At times, we establish contact with militants during frisking as seen in Nagrota this year where ammunition was also recovered,” the DGP said.
To a query, DGP said that infiltration has been low this year as compared to previous years. “However, Pakistan continues to make attempts to drop ammunition through drones and efforts are on to foil their every bid,” he added.
